Snow Log
by AndyC on Jan.10, 2010, under Discovery
Tuesday 6th – 21:30 to 00:30 Towed around 7 cars and a truck up the Owlsmoor Road. That included a woman in a complete panic trying to get back to her 8 month old baby, and two BA staff coming home from LHR.
Wednesday 7th. Go to work to ensure office was opened. Came home again. Took in-laws to Gatwick for Thursday flight. Assisted with clearing blocked Owlsmoore Road and attempted to tow an articulated lorry.
Thursday. Worked from home. Evening spent 4 hrs transporting care workers for Wokingham Borough Council
Friday. Made it to work with a colleague. Took another colleague to hospital after falling off his bike. Got accosted by hospital’s ambulance service and took two patients home while waiting, plus arranged contacts with local 4×4 response and an additional driver. Then spent 4 hrs in the cold and dark helping said driver fix a diesel leak. Towed SWMBO’s car into our street.
Saturday 9th. Out before 7am to transport care workers again. Home at 2pm, after stopping to pull a crashed car out of a ditch. Driver escaped with no injuries and car seemed to be sound as well. At 16:30 at Royal Berks Hospital to transport two patients home. Towed neighbour’s car into the street, but demoted it to second slipperiest road in Berkshire after Alexandra Road in Reading. 23:00 pickup for Southern Counties Ambulance in Wokingham! Home at midnight and a bit.
Sunday 10th – Assessment day for new members. Left home at 7:30am. got home at 2:30pm. Slept for 2 hrs, then 2 hrs doing accounts for the group. Arranged to pick up a colleague en-route to work in the morning as well.

